Samba

[Lanell]

Most people know of samba as a type of rhythmic dance music from Brazil that uses a 2/4 time signature. In the computer world, samba has a different meaning but is no less exciting (if you are a computer nerd).
Samba is an open-source software implementation of the SMB networking protocol used by Windows computers. (If you look closely, you can see the correlation between the two names.) Samba allows other computer platforms, such as Mac OS X, Unix, Linux, IBM System 390, and OpenVMS to interact with Windows computers on the same network. This includes sharing files and using shared devices such as printers connected to other computers within the local network.
Because SMB was developed only for Windows, without Samba, other computer platforms would be isolated from Windows machines, even if they were part of the same network. Fortunately, Samba helps different types of computers work together as if they were all based on the same platform. This gives network administrators the freedom to choose multiple types of computers systems when setting up a network. Now thats a reason to dance!

[Julene]

A Brazilian dance of African origin.

[Sarah]

The chugging rhythms of Samba traveled from the predominantly black state of [Bahia] in northern Brazil, down to Rio de Janeiro in the 19th century. There it spawned several offshoots, among them the loud, chanted Samba Enredo which powers annual Carnaval parades and competitions to this day, and Samba-Cancao, which features more complex harmonies and lyrics. Instrumentation (including the size of the percussion section) varies with style and place, but Samba roots are strong in its offspring: Bossa Nova, Tropicalia, and [MPB] ([Brazilian pop]). Samba itself is meanwhile alive, vibrant, and well at each years Carnaval.

[Donald Trump]

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[Jessica]

Traditional dance and music form of Brazil, it has many possible variations, speeds and [hybrids] with other dances. Unlike salsa, the parallel but very different type(s) of traditional dancing in Spanish-speaking [Latin America], samba has more hip movement and more of a shuffle feel to it, based on its softer ease on (and around) the beat, coming from the polyrhythms of the Afrikan percussion music that traditionally accompanied it. However, see also [lambada]

[Little_Girl]

A set of scripts and graphical front-ends for UNIX platforms that allows communication and resource sharing in a [Windows NT] networking environment. Open source and pioneer of the [SMB]/[CIF] protocol, Samba has made UNIX/Windows integration a reallity.

[Kai]

A [Volkswagen] [Deluxe] [Microbus] with the highest level or trim available. The production of the Samba started in 1951 and ended in 1967.